Answer: Through the Progressive Era, requests for prohibition became louder. In many ways, restraint activists were trying to enhance the negative social effects of fast industrialization. Saloons and the heavy drinking culture they raised were connected with immigrants and members of the working class and were seen as harmful to the importance of a Christian society. The Anti-Saloon League, with strong assistance from Protestants and other Christian groups, initiated the drive for nationwide refusal.
An oligarchy describes C. "rule by a small group". The size of this group can vary greatly but it relative to the size of the population its controlling and usually results and unfair governance.
